Nature, nurture, neither, nor: Black-white differences in beliefs about the causes and appropriate treatment of mental illness

Social Forces

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1101-1130

  Schnittker, Jason ^a   Freese, Jeremy ^b   Powell, Brian ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034339426     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3005943     Document Type: Article

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